Newsletter - October 2025
Quiet Times Are the Best Times to Get Loud About Strategy
If your business feels like it’s in a lull right now, you’re not alone. But here’s the truth: quiet times are golden opportunities. They’re the moments when you can step back, take stock, and make the changes that will set you up for the next wave of growth.
We’ve been working with businesses across the country to:
Rebuild their org charts to eliminate duplication and clarify accountability.
Reassess pricing and quoting models to protect margin.
Restructure debt and secure funding for transformation projects.
Banks and lenders are more open than you think. If you’ve got a clear plan to improve your business, they’ll often back it. We’ve helped clients restructure funding to support growth, invest in systems, and build resilience.
The recession won’t last forever. The businesses that win the next cycle are the ones preparing now.
Leadership Means Making the Hard Calls
Let’s talk about something that’s hard to say out loud: sometimes, holding on to staff during tough times is the wrong move.
Here’s the truth most leaders don’t want to say out loud: sometimes, holding on to staff during tough times is the wrong move.
Protecting people matters, but so does protecting the business. The best leaders know when to make the tough calls early, before the balance sheet starts making the decisions for them.
They balance empathy with evidence.
People with performance.
Heart with hard numbers.
Business is alternately just math and people. We all know to focus on people - but don’t forget about the math.
The IRD Will Get You... Unless You Get There First
If you’re behind on your taxes, deal with it now. Seriously.
We’ve worked with dozens of clients who’ve come to us with IRD issues. Almost every single one of them has reached a resolution, because they front-footed it. The IRD is 100 times easier to deal with when you call them than when they call you. Once it’s in the hands of their lawyers, it’s a different game.
Don’t wait. Don’t hide. Don’t hope it goes away. Pick up the phone. Get a plan and move forward.
What We’re Working On
Here’s a snapshot of the kind of work we’re doing right now:
Helping a multi-site operation implement a new org structure to reduce duplication and improve accountability.
Supporting a founder through a leadership transition and succession planning.
Building a consortium to share the cost of a major ERP implementation - because collaboration beats isolation.
Fixing quoting and pricing models to protect margin and cashflow.
Advising on employment restructures that balance compassion with commercial reality.
We’re not just consultants. We’re problem-solvers, fixers, and straight-talkers. If you’ve got a challenge, we’ve probably seen it (and solved it!) before.
Quick Win: The 15-Minute Margin Review
Take 15 minutes this week to review your top 5 jobs or projects:
Are they actually profitable?
Are you pricing for risk, complexity, and rework?
Are you factoring in the true cost of delivery?
If not, you’re leaving money on the table.
We’ve helped clients recover thousands just by tightening up their quoting and margin discipline.
Brandyn Gloyn
Many of you will already know Brandyn Gloyn, who works with us here at Blomfield. What you may not know is that Brandyn also practices independently as Brandyn Gloyn Barrister and Solicitor.
Brandyn has extensive experience in civil and commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, and criminal proceedings, and has appeared in complex, high-profile matters at all levels of the court.
Brandyn is available to act as sole counsel or to support senior members of the bar in managing large‑scale litigation.